Switching between cockpit custom view camera with a single joystick button - Possible ?

[ypaul123]

Hi everyone,

in X-Plane 12 I have a software called x-camera which allows me in a single button press (HOTAS Warthog joystick) to move from one camera view to another, and another button to switch between categories (cockpit, external, cabin etc.)

Is this thing also possible using FSUIPC7, because I couldn't find such option in the default FS2020 key assigments.

 

Thanks in advance for your reply,

 

Paul

[John Dowson]

You can try assigning to the standard view controls: Next View, Prev View, View Mode, Next Sub View, Prev Sub View. 

There are also now quite a view presets available for setting specific views.:

 

[John Dowson]

On 9/21/2023 at 10:17 AM, John Dowson said:

You can try assigning to the standard view controls: Next View, Prev View, View Mode, Next Sub View, Prev Sub View. 

These controls don't work!

To change the view, you have to update the CAMERA STATE and CAMERA SUBSTATE variables. The only way to do this in the current release is via using presets.
However, in the next version I will make the CAMERA STATE offset 0x026D writeable, and I will also add
    CAMARE SUBSTATE to offset 0x026E as 1 (unsigned) byte
    CAMERA VIEW TYPE AND INDEX:0  to offset 0x026F as 1 (unsigned) byte
    CAMERA VIEW TYPE AND INDEX:1  to offset 0x0270 as 1 (unsigned) byte
    GAMEPLAY CAMERA FOCUS to offset 0x0271 as 1 (unsigned) byte
all as writeable.

I have attached a beta version, 7.3.24a, which contains this update.

Using this version, you can assign a button to the control Offset Byte Set using offset 026D with a parameter of 3 (external/chase). You can then overload this button assignment (via editing the FSUIPC7.ini file) to also send a parameter of 2 (cockpit), and add an offset condition so that the correct parameter is send depending on the current value of offset 0x026D. The resulting assignments should look like the following (the index number. joystick letter and button number may be different):

9=B026D=2 PS,2,Cx0100026D,x03 	-{offset byte set, offset 026D}-
10=B026D!2 PS,2,Cx0100026D,x02 	-{offset byte set, offset 026D}-

The button will then toggle between external and cockpit view. You can add more assignments if you want to cycle between more views, e,g, to also cycle between showcase mode (9):

9=B026D=2 PS,2,Cx0100026D,x03 	-{offset byte set, offset 026D}-
10=B026D=3 PS,2,Cx0100026D,x09 	-{offset byte set, offset 026D}-
11=B026D=9 PS,2,Cx0100026D,x02 	-{offset byte set, offset 026D}-

You can also change views/cameras using offsets 0x026E (CAMARE SUBSTATE) and 0x026F/0x0270 (CAMERA VIEW TYPE AND INDEX) - please see the SDK documentation on these variables: https://docs.flightsimulator.com/html/Programming_Tools/SimVars/Camera_Variables.htm

Otherwise, check out the available MF presets, which use the CAMERA STATE and CAMARE SUBSTATE variables:

CAMERA_ACTION_COCKPIT_VIEW_RESET
CAMERA_ACTION_COCKPIT_VIEW_SAVE
External_Quick_View_-_Quick_View_1
External_Quick_View_-_Quick_View_2
External_Quick_View_-_Quick_View_3
External_Quick_View_-_Quick_View_4
External_Quick_View_-_Quick_View_5
External_Quick_View_-_Quick_View_6
External_Quick_View_-_Quick_View_7
External_Quick_View_-_Quick_View_8
External_View_-_Default
Fixed_Camera_ShowCase_-_Fin_View
Fixed_Camera_ShowCase_-_Front_Cabin_Crew_Seat
Fixed_Camera_ShowCase_-_Front_Left_Door_Enter
Fixed_Camera_ShowCase_-_Front_Right_Middle_Seat
Fixed_Camera_ShowCase_-_Left_Engine
Fixed_Camera_ShowCase_-_Left_Wing_Window_
Fixed_Camera_ShowCase_-_Left_front_Window
Fixed_Camera_ShowCase_-_Nose_gear
Fixed_Camera_ShowCase_-_Passanger_Look_Aft
Fixed_Camera_ShowCase_-_Passanger_look_Forward
Fixed_Camera_ShowCase_-_Rear_Left_Middle_Seat
Fixed_Camera_ShowCase_-_Rear_Top_View
Fixed_Camera_ShowCase_-_Right_Engine
Fixed_Camera_ShowCase_-_Right_Wing_Window
Fixed_Camera_ShowCase_-_Right_front_Window
Fixed_Camera_ShowCase_-_Underbelly_Close
Fixed_Camera_ShowCase_-_Underbelly_Far
Free_Camera_-_Camera_Drone
Instrument_View_-_CB_WALL
Instrument_View_-_Dual_MCDU_Cap___FO
Instrument_View_-_EFB_CAPTAIN
Instrument_View_-_EFB_FO
Instrument_View_-_FCU_and_ECAM__Angled_
Instrument_View_-_MCDU_Captain
Instrument_View_-_OVERHEAD__Angled_
Instrument_View_-_PEDESTAL__Angled_
Instrument_View_-_PFD_ND
Instrument_View_-_UPPER_OVERHEAD
Pilot_View_-_Close
Pilot_View_-_Copilot
Pilot_View_-_Landing
Pilot_View_-_Normal
Quick_View_-_Front__Zoom_in_
Quick_View_-_Left_120_Degree
Quick_View_-_Left_45_Degree
Quick_View_-_Left_90_Degree
Quick_View_-_Rear_180_Degree
Quick_View_-_Right_120_Degree
Quick_View_-_Right_45_Degree
Quick_View_-_Right_90_Degree

John

FSUIPC7.exe

[John Dowson]

There is also a lua script available that allows you to use a button to cycle between different cockpit custom views in this post: